Unit Review: Latin American Independence

what was the difference between a peninsular and a creole?

• race
• place of birth
• gender
• age

The social class system in Latin America during the 16th and 17th centuries reflects the

• dominance of Spanish-born nobility
• emerging equality between classes
•  influence of mestizo economic power
• increasing social mobility of Native American Indians

One way in which Toussaint L’Ouverture, Simón Bolívar, and José de San Martín are similar is that they all were 

• supporters of mercantile policies
• leaders of independence movements
• democratically elected leaders
• industrial labor reformers

Which statement about the French and Latin American revolutions is accurate?

• People in both regions were fighting for freedom from England.
• Strong French monarchs led revolutions in Latin America
• Revolutions in both regions were based on the idea of natural rights.
• The French Revolution was modeled after revolutions in Latin America

Simón Bolívar's point of view in this passage most clearly shows the influence of which of the following?

• the Industrial Revolution
• British imperialism in India
• the Protestant Reformation
• Enlightenment ideas and the American Revolution

A historian could best use these maps to study which of the following?

• the results of nationalism in Latin America
• the impact of roads in the Andes Mountains
• the effects of globalization
• the causes of the French Revolution

which best describes the similarities between the French and Latin American Revolutions?

• both involved a class struggle between rich and poor and a desire for self-rule
• both had colonists fighting for independence from foreign rule
• both involved strict racial divisions and desire for absolute rule
• both were primarily  border disputes between surrounding countries

In which way did the geographic diversity of Latin America affect newly independent countries?

•  limiting the military power of Creoles
• forcing the Church to guarantee land reform
• making political unity difficult
• necessitating a reliance on Spain

In colonial Spanish America, which system was developed by the Spanish to support plantation agriculture?

• barter
• encomienda
•  domestic
• guild

Which of these situations was the direct result of the other three?

• Creoles and Mestizos became discontented with Spanish rule.
• The Napoleonic wars weakened Spain's power. 
• Revolutions occurred in North America and France.
• Nations of Latin America won independence.